Earth's Measurements and Shape Quiz
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What is the approximate circumference of the Earth when measured from pole-to-pole?

  • 24,860 miles (correct)
  • 25,000 miles
  • 24,901 miles
  • 24,000 miles

What type of shape is the Earth according to the text?

  • Spheroid (correct)
  • Perfect sphere
  • Oblate spheroid
  • Ellipsoid

What are physical boundaries created by?

  • Political agreements
  • Natural geographical features (correct)
  • Historical events
  • Human-made structures

What do political boundaries delineate between?

<p>Political entities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do macrogeographic regions consist of?

<p>Five main geographical regions and approximately twenty subregions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do physical boundaries define?

<p>Macrogeographic regions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are political boundaries sometimes coincident with?

<p>Physical borders (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following countries is part of the Melanesia subregion in Oceania?

<p>Fiji (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following countries is part of the Latin America subregion in the Americas?

<p>Brazil (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a political entity in Central America?

<p>Mexico (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following countries is part of the Northern Africa subregion?

<p>Egypt (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following countries is part of the Southern Europe subregion?

<p>Greece (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following countries is part of the Central Asia subregion in Asia?

<p>Kazakhstan (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following geographic regions is found in the African Great Lakes subregion?

<p>The African Great Lakes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Western Asia subregion?

<p>Deserts (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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